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Welding Research Institute

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Tiruchirappalli- 620014

Tamil Nadu, India

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Contact us : + 91 431 2577207/8044

Email: wri@bhel.in/wriconsult@bhel.in

Awards and Accolades

SL. NO.
AWARDEES
NAME OF THE AWARD
AWARDING AGENCY
YEAR
1

Executives of WRI

NRDC award
NRDC
1980, 1986,1987
2
Executives of WRI
IT Mirchandani Memorial Research Award
Indian Institute of Welding

1980-1990

3
Executives of WRI
HD Govindaraj Memorial Research Award
Indian Institute of Welding

1981,1984, 1985,1986

4

Dr. K.P.Dhandapani
Dr. G.Buvanashekaran
Mr. K.Narayanaswamy

Modi Award 90  for development of mechanised TIG welding System
Indian Institute of Welding
1991
5
Mr. K.L.Rohira
Dr. A.Raja
KCP award 90 for surfacing techniques
Indian Institute of Welding
1991
6
Dr. S.Manoharan
Dr. A.Raja
Mr. K.L.Rohira
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Modi  Award 90  for  Evaluation  of welding power sources
Indian Institute of Welding
1991
7
Dr. K.P.Dhandapani
Dr.G.Buvanashekaran
Mr. K.Narayanaswamy
NRDC  meritorious invention  award for development of welding flux
NRDC
1992
8
Mr. S.Suresh
Dr. V.P.Raghupathy
H D Govindaraj Memorial Award 91 For distortion control Analysis
Indian Institute of Welding
1992
9
Dr. G.Ravichandran
Young Engineers Award
Central  Board  of Irrigation  and  Power
1992
10
Dr. A.Raja
Mr. A.Shanmugam
Mr. S.S.Ananthan
Mr. K.L.Rohira
Modi  Award  92  for  Development  of Rotary Arc MIG welding
Indian Institute of Welding
1993
11
Mr. R.S.Babu
KCP award 93 for case Studies on repair welding
Indian Institute of Welding
1993
12

Dr. G.Venkataraman

Best  paper  award  for non - destructive metallographic evaluation of serviced components
Indian Society for
Non-Destructive
Testing
1993
13

Mr. K.L.Rohira
Mr. A.Shanmugam
Dr. S.Manoharan
Dr. A.Raja
Mr. A.Logithasan
Dr. M.Brezeau

Modi  Award  93  for  Development  of  Electro-Gas Welding machine
Indian Institute of Welding
1994
14

Mr. M.K.Manappulli

State ShramVir award for Indigenous development of powder feeder unit for LASER welding equipment
Government of Tamil nadu

1994

15
WRI
Safety awards

Central Labour Institute, Bombay
Ministry of labour Government of India

1994
16
Dr. K.Asokkumar
Dr. K.G.K Murti
Dr. S.Manoharan
Mr. V.R.Samuel
Modi Award 94 for Development of PC based weld monitoring system  for  flash butt welding of  economizer tubes
Indian  Institute  of Welding
1995
17
Dr. G.Venkataraman
Life Fellowship
Indian  Institute  of Metals
1995
18
Dr. G.Venkataraman
ASM awards – 16 Nos
American Society Of Metals(ASM)
1993,1994, 1995
19
Dr. G.Venkataraman
TANSA  Award  for Metallurgical Engineering Research
Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology
1990-2000
20
Dr. G.Venkataraman
NDT Award
Indian Society for
Non-Destructive Testing
1995
21
Dr. G.Venkataraman
International metallographic award for life estimation of boilers
ASM International
1998
22
WRI executives
Best paper
National  Welding Conference by IWC
1999
23
Dr. G.Venkataraman
Honourable  mentionprize  For  Field  Metallographic Replicas on Crept components inLife estimation

American Society Of Metals(ASM)

2000
24
Mr. N.Rajasekaran
Best paper award for ‘Business excellence through value addition’

INSAAN TamilNadu Chapter

2001
25

Mr. N.Rajasekaran
Mrs. A.Santhakumari

Best  paper  award  for Employee involvement for Business excellence’

INSAAN TamilNadu Chapter

2002
26
Dr. V.Anbazhagan
Best  paper  award  for Improvement  of toughness in ferritic steel welds

AWS – National
Symposium  of Research scholars

2002
27
Dr. R.Nagalakshmi
First  prize  in  NMD-ATM2005 Metallography contest
IIT Madras
2005
28
Mr. A.Rathinam
Uyarntha Uzhaippalar Virudhu
Govt. of Tamil Nadu
2005
29
Mr. N.Rajasekaran,
Mrs. A.Santhakumari

Second  best  paper  award  for Value  creation  through participation

INSAAN  Tamil Nadu Chapter

2006
30
Dr. R.Nagalakshmi
ASM  International  Awardin Metallographic contest
ASM International
2005, 2006
31

Mr. M.Ramakrishnan
Mr. M.Soundarrajan
Mr. R.Kaliaperumal

Vishwarkarma Rashtriya Puraskar  Class “C”Award
Govt.of India
2007
32
Dr. R.Nagalakshmi

Honorable  mention  in  Class  9  of  the  International Metallographic Contest

ASM International
2008
33
Mr. V.Thyagarajan
Dr. G V Memorial Award

Indian  Institute  of  Metals

2009
34
Dr. A.Raja
Membership of Central Boilers Board

Membership  of  
CentralBoilers Board

2009
35
Mr. M.Ramakrishnan
Merit award for technical paper

INSSAN  National  Convention

2011
36
Dr. R.Nagalakshmi
Award  for publication  “Fracture toughness  of  modified P91 weldment”
21st National Meet of
Women's Forum in Public Sector
2011
37
Dr. N.Raju
Dr. S.Suresh
SOJOM Flash Forge award for best technical paper
International Symposium on
Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM 2012
2012
38
Dr. A.Raja
Ador Fontech  SOJOM Plenary Award
International Symposium on
Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM 2012
2012
39
Dr. G.Ravichandran
Honavar SOJOM Plenary Award

International Symposium on
Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM  2012

2012
40
Mr. N.Dhanasekaran
Betz SOJOM PlenaryAward
International  Symposium on
Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM  2012
2012
41
Dr. S.Suresh
Dr. GV Memorial Award
IIM
2012
42
Dr. G.Bhuvanshekaran
Dr. A.Raja
Plenary Award
IWS
2012
43
Dr. N. Raju         
Eutectic Award 
Indian Institute of Welding

2002

44

Dr. G Ravichandran
Dr. N. Raju
Mr. M Ramkishore

PratibaddhataPuraskar 
BHEL Excel Award
2012
45
Dr. G. Ravichandran

Reappointed as Vice-Chair of“ASME B31.1
International Working Group – India” for a term effective from July 2013 to June 2016

ASME
2013
46
Shri.P.Shanmugasundaram
Shri.S. Kannan
Shri.L. Siva
Shri.R. Prasath

VishwakarmaRashtriyaPuraskar - 2011

Govt. of India
2013
47
Dr. A. Raja
Dr. SK Majumdar Award
IWS
2013